This match features two teams living in the basement of the Pro League, Waasland-Beveren holding 15th place and Cercle Brugge lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Waasland-Beveren form and stats
Waasland-Beveren's struggle is real here at Freethielstadion with only 4 points collected from 7 Pro League games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Waasland-Beveren, their manager A. Mercier and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
A good away victory last time out for Waasland-Beveren, who won 3-1 against Kortrijk (placed 13th). Preceding that match was a defeat to Zulte-Waregem (1-2).
Waasland-Beveren are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 attempts. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Waasland-Beveren having conceded 18 goals here at Freethielstadion so far.
Cercle Brugge form and stats
Cercle Brugge, who have the most conceded goals (36) in Pro League, have only collected 0 points from their away games in the Pro League, after 0-0-7 (7 played). Cercle Brugge have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 7 away matches played so far in the Pro League. It's all red in the travel logs of Cercle Brugge, having lost seven matches in a row as the visiting team.
Cercle Brugge are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Pro League against Sint-Truiden (placed 11th). A 1-2 defeat away at Anderlecht before that.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Cercle Brugge as they have only managed to score 6 times from 7 away games in the league. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Cercle Brugge's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 21 goals in 7 travels. Cercle Brugge can't defend away. 21 goals have been scored by the opposition in 7 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Waasland-Beveren and Cercle Brugge have met before this season: Cercle Brugge - Waasland-Beveren 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 2 - 2 - 6 (Waasland-Beveren wins - draws - Cercle Brugge wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Peeters 5 goals |  I. Saadi 3 goals |   B. Badibanga 2 goals |
Waasland-Beveren missing players
Cercle Brugge missing players
| Waasland-Beveren | Cercle Brugge | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 30 | 18 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 21 | 36 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 87% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 87% |
| 53% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 86% | 73% |
| 47% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 71% | 47% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 13% |
| 60% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 4.9 | 5.4 | 8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 5.6 | 4.9 | 1 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 3 |
- All of Waasland-Beveren's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cercle Brugge have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cercle Brugge have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Cercle Brugge have lost all their away matches so far.
- Cercle Brugge have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cercle Brugge haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Waasland-Beveren have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Waasland-Beveren have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Waasland-Beveren have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Waasland-Beveren haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Club Brugge | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 27 | 33 |
| 2 | Gent | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Standard Liège | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | Mechelen | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 27 |
| 5 | Sporting Charleroi | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 | Antwerp | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 24 |
| 7 | Zulte-Waregem | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Royal Excel Mouscron | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Anderlecht | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| 10 | Genk | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 12 | AS Eupen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 16 |
| 13 | Kortrijk | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -12 | 12 |
| 15 | Waasland-Beveren | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -17 | 10 |
| 16 | Cercle Brugge | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -23 | 7 |